David Syme : man of The Age / Elizabeth Morrison.
Publication details: Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing in association with the State Library of Victoria, 2014.Description: xiv, 433 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781922235350
- Man of The Age
- Syme, David, 1827-1908
- Syme, David, 1827-1908
- Age (Melbourne, Vic.) -- History
- The Age (Melbourne, Vic.) -- History
- The Age -- History
- Age (Melbourne, Vic.) -- History
- Newspaper publishing -- Australia
- Journalists -- Australia -- Biography
- Journalism -- Australia -- History
- Australia -- History -- 19th century
- Australian
- 070.92 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 070.92 MOR | Available | 058006 |
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: pt. I PRELUDE -- 1.The legacy of David Syme -- 2.David and his brothers: formative years -- 3.David and Ebenezer: first years in Victoria -- 4.Joining Ebenezer at the Age -- pt. II SUPPORTING A SISTER-IN-LAW -- 5.`I felt it to be my duty' (March 1860 to March 1866) -- 6.`Beginning to make progress' (April 1866 to December 1870) -- 7.`Business is good but money scarce' (January 1871 to May 1876) -- 8.`The Age has just scored a tremendous Victory' (June 1876 to March 1878) -- pt. III NEGOTIATING WITH A NEPHEW -- 9.`I am the man who has made the firm a success' (April 1878 to July 1883) -- 10.`Expedition is everything in newspaper work' (August 1883 to December 1887) -- 11.`Everything going on well' (1888) -- 12.`Neither pleasure nor profit in continuing our partnership' (January 1889 to March 1891) -- pt. IV A FREE HAND -- 13.`I am not prepared to make any compromise whatever' (April 1891 to July 1896) --
Contents note continued: 14.`I am sending forth on their travels my two youngest sons' (August 1896 to December 1901) -- 15.`I will see the thing through' (January 1902 to February 1908) -- 16.Afterwords.
The Melbourne Age newspaper dominated the newspaper stage in Australia from the 1870s to the end of the colonial period. In the 1880s its circulation was far in excess of any other daily throughout all British colonial possessions and its proprietor, the driven, talented Scotsman David Syme, was acknowledged as the leader of the Australian press. For the influence that he and his newspapers exercised, he became a legend in his lifetime and for several generations after his death in 1908.
